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July 2023
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manuscript postmark with postmaster's free frank on folded letter to Bangor, Maine, very fine and rare, the ASCC records just three Number One manuscript covers (ASCC $200)
manuscript postmark with matching "5" rate on printed "Votes for Register of Deeds from the town of Orneville", straightline handstamp from postmaster "Abner Hoxie", very fine, the only recorded example of this postmaster's marking
black boxed handstamp with manuscript month and day and postmaster's free frank on folded letter to Bangor, Maine, light age spots, fine and scarce, ex-Hazelton (ASCC $150)
blue boxed two-line handstamp on folded letter to Augusta, Maine, light filefold, very fine and scarce (ASCC $100)
red two-line handstamp with manuscript "5" rate on folded letter to Farmington, Maine, fine and scarce (ASCC $150)
black datestamp on cover to North Searsmont, Maine, printed cornercard for "Maine Agency for Hospital Stores for Relief of Sick and Wounded Soldiers", original enclosure on matching letterhead, tiny stain at top right, very fine
manuscript postmark with postmaster's free frank on folded letter to Norway, Maine, toned at right and vertical filefolds, otherwise fine, rare with just two examples known (ASCC $200)
fancy boxed datestamp on folded lettersheet to Portland, Maine, postmaster's free frank, light toning, extremely fine strike of this attractive postmark (ASCC $100)
black straightline datestamp on folded lettersheet to Lynn, Massachusetts, matching handstamp "Paid" and manuscript "12½" rate, very fine and rare, ex-Hazelton (ASCC $200)
boxed handstamp on tiny printed oath to Portland, Maine, manuscript "6" rate, very fine and quite unusual (ASCC $75)
datestamp with matching circled "Paid 3" handstamp on cover to Biddeford, Maine, all-over illustrated "Intemperance is the Curse of the World" design, imprint for William C. Hale in Hartford, Connecticut, trivial aging, original enclosure, very fine and attractive cover
manuscript postmark with postmaster's free frank from Moose River, Maine on folded letter to Bath, very fine and scarce